Chapters · Chapter 62
When We Let Our Guards Down
Two careful people who called their walls security, lowering them a little at a time. Nobody pushes. The trust is earned through patience, through listening, through staying put during the hesitations. The violin break sings what neither of them could say out loud.
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About the song
Chamber-pop duet that opens on solo acoustic guitar. Piano and cello enter gradually, a solo violin carries the emotional turn, and soft brushed drums arrive only in the final chorus before it falls back to guitar and violin.
If this song stayed with you
There's a longer read for the territory this song lives in. Read the essay